SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- Chris Webber sat out a
meaningless game against the the Golden State Warriors, and
little-used Lawrence Funderburke took advantage of the
additional minutes to shine for the Sacramento Kings.

Funderburke scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Kings to
a 120-106 victory over the Golden State Warriors.

Webber did not play against his former team due to a sprained
right thumb, but Funderburke, who averages just 12.2 minutes a
game, came off the bench to hit 13-of-16 shots and grab a
season-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double.

"It's been a really tough year for me; probably the toughest of
my career, but I persevered," said Funderburke, who missed 23
games due to coach's decision, injury and personal reasons.

"Anytime the best player goes down, everybody's wondering who's
going to step up. No one on this team can replace Chris Webber.
He is one of the greatest players to play in a long time."

Starting for Webber, Scot Pollard added a career-high 23 points
and 14 rebounds and Peja Stojakovic contributed 20 points for
the Kings (61-20), who already have wrapped up the best record
in the league and extended their franchise record for wins.

"I am glad to get the win and finish off with a positive note
here at home," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said. "I had a lot
of guys step up and play; Lawrence was terrific."

Sacramento finished the season with an NBA-best 36-5 mark at
home and conclude the 2001-2002 campaign Wednesday against its
rival, the Los Angeles Lakers.

"It was a great feeling playing in front of such great fans,"
said Kings center Vlade Divac, who had 10 points and eight
rebounds. "Part of our success can be attributed to our fans.
We have to finish strong tomorrow, and go in strong for the
playoffs. the guys who haven't played much during the regular
season really stepped it up tonight. They played a good game."

In addition to Webber, guard Bobby Jackson sprained his left
thumb and left with 6:41 left in the second quarter and Hedo
Turkoglu departed at halftime with a sprained left wrist.

"I would think none of them are going to play tomorrow," Adelman
said. "We could play Saturday (in the playoffs). I would
expect none of them to play (Wednesday)."

"I would have to say, if this was a more important game, the
injured players would have played tonight," Pollard said. "I
don't remember a game where three players have gone down with
injuries. It's nice that these games don't matter and these
guys have time to rest."

Rookie Jason Richardson scored a career-high 40 points, Dean
Oliver had 15 and Gilbert Arenas -- also a rookie -- chipped in
14, a career-high nine rebounds and nine assists as Golden State
dropped its 10th straight game to Sacramento and sixth in a row
overall.

"To be honest, I didn't see a lot of positives," Warriors coach
Brian Winters said. "Jason played very well, and I guess that's
a positive. Defensively, we were not very good at all. The
bench guys came in and did a nice job for them. They get very
limited minutes, and they came in a little hungrier thatn our
guys tonight. We broke down in the pick-and-roll, and we let
their guys catch the ball too easily."

Richardson was 18-of-28 and became first NBA rookie to score 40
or more points since Elton Brand, who had 44 on April 13, 2000.
The last time a first-year Warrior did so was on March 4, 1989
when Mitch Richmond scored 47 against Sacramento.

"Yeah, I was feeling it out there," Richardson said. "We've
(had) two games left in the season, and I just want to finish
strong. I was just pumped to play this game. I wanted everyone
to play hard, and that's what we were trying to do. I think
our team played OK today. When you start off hitting a lot of
jump shots, they start playing you tight, and it's easier to get
to the hoop."

Golden State opened an 18-11 lead with 6:12 left in the first
quarter and owned a 33-29 advantage at the end of the period as
Richardson scored 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting.

In the second, Sacramento turned a two-point deficit into a
55-45 lead with a 16-4 run capped by Funderburke's jumper with
3:15 remaining. Funderburke made nine straight shots in the
quarter en route to 13 points.

The Kings' lead reached 20 points in the fourth when they
started the quarter with a 12-4 spurt, taking a 107-87 lead on a
layup by Mateen Cleaves with 7:23 to go.

"It was just one of those games where everyone was hitting
shots," Arenas said. "Funderburke was pretty much on fire.
Pollard had a pretty good game. They were just up and down at
the defensive end. It was just a free ballgame. It started off
as a basketball game, but they started pulling away a little
bit, and then it was like they were resting for the playoffs."